4 Rajkot developers booked for cheating

RAJKOT: Four city-based real estate developers were booked on Wednesday for allegedly cheating a senior citizen by not giving him possession of a flat even after two years of making initial payment.

Jayendra Maru, Manish Sakariya (owners of Krutarth Enterprise) and two developers from Krishna Bhoomi Land Developers and Uttam Builders, were booked based on a complaint filed by Ashok Kotak (60), a resident of Housing Board in Morbi town.

Kotak, a fruit seller, had booked a 1BHK flat in Holiday City in Nikava village, 45km from Rajkot towards Kalavad Town and paid Rs 2.1 lakh as initial payment to builder Uttam Builders. Even after two years, developers are yet to give him possession of the flat.

Frustrated over the delay in possession, Kotak lodged a complaint against the developers who had opened an office in Pramukh Arcade in Malviya Chowk while floating the housing scheme.

Kotak had sent a legal notice to the developers and demanded his money back. But the developers allegedly did not respond to the notice, so he lodged a complaint against them.